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OPEN COUNCIL. 355
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. ««» — To The Editor Of The English Wom...
establishments at Highbury . here Private and classes in Brig of hton ladies these have facts been will also sufficientl instructed y prove in that my
; Ling le ' s and system that contains I have all certainl elements not necessary lected for the the advocacy physical and training introduction of the peop _, y neg exercises with
not of app this aratus publishe system form d a for also translation educational a part of which the and educational is hyg ready ienic for purposes and the hyg press . ienic Ling , because branch ' s , but I consider I have
round still these believe exercises a bar that and less climbing similar useful tours , , alt ropes houg de , force ladders h the as maj , practised poles ority , fling of in the ing the public the so called bod unfortunatel y round gymnasia and y ,
, , constitute As you wish the onl to y open real new physical paths training for female . labor , it might not be out of
wanted place to , but mention they must that be good acquainted female teachers with the in structure scientific and Gymnastics the functions are gymnastic of the human exercises body , with suitable the for laws children of health of , both besides sexes the and knowled adult ge ladies of the .
themselve b the Such y scientificall drill teachers sergeant s , but y will also training or not be calisthenic onl able their y procure to do pup master much ils to in , themselves who good a mode , without in preventing very the the different means sli many ghtest of from comp knowled supporting that laints ge of , and adultthe well
of the human body , puts the strong and weak , the young , having made whether and conscientiousl he deformed produces , throug fati drilled gue h , p the his ain same class , or any course for other an hour of bad exercises or effect longer , but , and is and satisfied does frequentl not with care
without any interrogation y . All such drill sergeants and masters , of calis y - thenics would soon be substituted by intelligent and well their instructed ils female in all
teachers other matters , who would concerning also prove the preservation very useful b of y instructing health ; at present pup a lady is trained in . my institutionwhofor this purpose onlycame from Edinburgh .
I must apologize for the , length , of this letter , and shall , be glad to send you if some further readers observations are interested on Ling in the ' s sys subject tem , and which physical unfortunatel training in is general not yet ,
whether considered your hig a h female or low accomp , depends lishment upon , the althoug health , h the and happ , strength iness of of many their y , families female ,
members . I am , Madam , your very obedient Matthias , Roth .
* London 16 a , , 8 Old th June Cavendish , 1858 . Street . i —— ¦¦—
Open Council. 355
OPEN COUNCIL . 355
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women . quarters iritswhilst , and bitter half the letters novels in of the the Times day turn shew either the feelings on the of difficulties some fiery of
sp single , women in earning their bread or on the miseries that are inflicted on married ones . state lawyers
• and doctors Women the , clergymen countryman _apj ) eal for —and protection and they do lect to well every to beg ; but class in they the of good forget men work — the by fable smen putting , of Jup their iter ,
own shoulder miht perhaps to the wheel , be done and neg to hel alleviate ping themselves the first hardship and each other lained . Some ofif
like ladie thing counter s would g resolve and be careful to patronise to confine such shop their s onl custom y as emp to those loyed _comp milliners women behind whose ,
the chose humanity second to to , misery l their it . Let is work certainl us -peop take y le in is the beyond le hands from susp of the icion women superior . But themselves the wisdom remed if of y they _oiir for examp
pocket brother , , corresponding app man y . The most in sensitive that respect part to in the the heart masculine in the organization feminine subj is _^ ect the .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1858, page 355, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071858/page/67/
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